I’ve Been Nominated For A ‘One Lovely Blog’ Award

A new friend of mine, Jill from Vegan Backpacker, nominated me for a ‘One Lovely Blog’ award.

I met Jill through our mutual blogging on vegan travel, and then was able to meet her and her husband in person once we finished our travels since Phil and I were moving to their current city of Ottawa, Canada.

It’s been awesome to connect with a vegan couple, another blogger, and also just nice people. Thank you Jill for the shout out 🙂

Here are the rules to abide in order to accept this award and they are:

Post linking back to the person that gave you the award

Share 7 random things about yourself

Award 15 recently discovered blogs

Drop them a note and tell them about it

So, to be worthy of this award I now need to share with all of you 7 things about myself. Since a lot of you have been asking me to share more personal information, this works in nicely.

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1. My first job was as a lifeguard and swimming instructor.

By Heather Nicholds

2. Three of my favorite books are Barney’s Version, by Mordecai Richler (I’m a bit nervous to see the movie…), For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway and The BFG, by Roald Dahl.

3. The sport I competed in throughout my younger days, until heading to university, was synchronized skating (picture synchronized swimming, on ice). I’ve been skating on a recreational team in BC for the last few years, and am excited to see if I can keep up on a more competitive team here in Ottawa. Wish me luck!

By Heather Nicholds

4. I have sewed myself 3 dresses, including my wedding dress at right below.

By Heather Nicholds

5. Even though I know I’ll regret it, I can’t stop myself from eating so much pineapple that my tongue burns. I’ll throw a little nutrition tidbit in here for you too – pineapple contains bromelain, which is an enzyme that helps to digest proteins. Papaya (another tropical fruit) has another protein-digestive enzyme called papain.

By Heather Nicholds

6. Phil’s & my idea of a perfect date is to go for a picnic.

By Heather Nicholds

7. Since there’s currently an election going on in Canada, I’ll share my political views. I vote for and am a supporter of the Green Party. But I do wish, as David Suzuki says, that ALL of the parties were green… and that they had vision and policy beyond the next election…

And now on to my favorite part of earning this award – making my nominations for 15 other bloggers!